Walks and treks
Heaphy Track
West Coast
New Zealand's longest Great Walk, 78 km through Kahurangi National Park from the Aorere valley in Golden Bay to the wild West Coast near Karamea.
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Natural features
Hokitika Gorge
Hokitika, West Coast
A granite gorge where the Hokitika River runs a startling milky turquoise, coloured by fine 'glacial flour' ground from the mountains.
Natural features
Lake Matheson
West Coast
A small, dark lake near Fox Glacier, famous for its mirror reflections of Aoraki/Mt Cook and Mt Tasman.
Natural features
Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast
Strange layered limestone stacks at Dolomite Point that look like piles of pancakes, formed over 30 million years from layers of limestone and soft m…
Campsites
Ballroom Overhang Campsite
West Coast
This backcountry campsite is located on Ballroom Overhang Track.
Natural features
Franz Josef Glacier (Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere)
West Coast
One of the few glaciers in the world that descends almost into temperate rainforest.
Campsites
Gillespies Beach Campsite
West Coast
Camp near an old gold mining settlement and a seal colony.
Campsites
Goldsborough Campsite
Hokitika, West Coast
This sheltered and secluded campsite is the site of an old gold mining town.
Campsites
Hans Bay - Lake Kaniere Campsite
Hokitika, West Coast
This is a large, grassy lake-front campsite beside beautiful Lake Kaniere.
Campsites
Heaphy Campsite
West Coast
This is a walk-in campsite on the Heaphy Track.
Campsites
James Mackay Campsite
West Coast
This is a walk-in campsite on the Heaphy Track.
Campsites
Katipo Creek Shelter Campsite
West Coast
This is a walk-in campsite on the Heaphy Track.
Campsites
Kōhaihai Campsite
West Coast
Enjoy the beautiful nīkau forest at this campsite on the Kōhaihai River mouth.
Campsites
Lake Daniell Campsite
West Coast
This campsite is outside Kōhanga Atawhai - Mason Nicholls Hut at Lake Daniell.
Campsites
Lake Ianthe Matahi Campsite
West Coast
Camp beside one of Westland’s forest-lined freshwater lakes.
Campsites
Lake Māhinapua Campsite
Hokitika, West Coast
Camp beside Lake Māhinapua within forest surroundings.
Campsites
Lake Paringa Campsite
West Coast
Enjoy boating, fishing and swimming in the lake and walk the Haast to Paringa Cattle Track.
Campsites
Lyell Campsite
West Coast
The site of the historic gold-rush town of Lyell, this large, grassed campsite is easily accessible.
Campsites
Marble Hill Campsite
West Coast
Explore this valley's alpine beauty and native birds in amazing red beech forests.
Campsites
Otto/macdonalds Campsite
West Coast
An easily accessible campsite. You can boat, fish for trout or swim in Lake Mapourika.
Campsites
Pleasant Flat Campsite
West Coast
This is a standard campsite in the Wanaka/Makarora area.
Campsites
Scotts Beach Campsite
West Coast
This is a walk-in campsite on the Heaphy Track.
Campsites
Slab Hut Creek Campsite
West Coast
Close to Reefton township and a great base for exploring Victoria Forest Park walks.
Food and drink
The Cray Pot, Jackson Bay
West Coast
A seafood restaurant in a little building at the very end of the road in South Westland, beside the fishing wharf at Jackson Bay.
Campsites
Welcome Flat Campsite
West Coast
This campsite is located outside the Welcome Flat Hut in the Glaciers area.
Natural features
Fox Glacier
West Coast
A glacier descending from the Southern Alps into rainforest.